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ITEDYOTIT) MATL TKrBTJNTE, M"EDFOKP. O'REGO'N'. THURSDAY, 'ATJGUST 19, 1937.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEAGUE
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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SYNOPSIS: Kay Crandon
decidt to rebuild her bumcd
ranch house and barn, though
JVelahbor Josh Hastings, whom
h hates, wanti to buy her ranch
and marry Kay. Ted Caynor, a
puncher the impulsively hired,
fight Scrap Johnson, a cowhand -who
molested Kay. They 'hoot it
out, wounding each other. Halt
ing! tneake up and kill) Scrap
with Ted't gun. Ted crawl to a
cabin where a girt (Marion)
nursei him. A week later the
eheriff arreste him on a tip un
consciously given by Kay. Ted'e
trial or murder at Clear Water
Basin is going against him tolth
- out a uutnese in hi behalf.
Chapter 39
Ted'e DefenM
THERE remained for today only
Ted's story to be told, and then
the verdict Ted had elected to con
duct his own defense, in the cer
tainty that his straightforward
itory would make more impres
lion than anyone else's presenta
tion of the facts.
But now as he thought over
yesterday's proceedings, with the
cards stacked against him this
way, he wasn't so sure. He pulled
out the heartbroken little note
from his mother and sister that the
sheriff had allowed him to receive,
and read it for the hundredth time.
Their touching confidence in his
Innocence was comforting, and, at
least for the time being, they were
being cared for by some neigh
bors. Pushing away the thought of
what would happen to them if he
was convicted, Ted wondered what
had become of Marion. He had
been uneasy about her, because
he had a hunch that there was
something tragic about her father
that she hadn't told him. And when
they had announced in court yes
terday that she couldn't come to
testify because of the illness of her
father, he had felt a presentiment
that something was very wrong.
As Ted pondered bitterly on his
Inability to help anyone, the dep
uty sheriff arrived with his break
fast. He brought it in, announcing
with a grin that a lady was outside
and wanted to see him.
"A lady?" Ted looked up eager
ly. Perhaps Marion had come after
11!
"Yeah. Sam Cutter said she
eould see you for five minutes. He
, always is partial to red heads."
"Red headsl" Ted echoed, his
heart beating suffocatingly against
his ribs. "You mean -
"Kay Crandon's her name, and
he's coming back in half an hour,"
he answered. ,
Blood surged Into Ted's face,
and he gripped the iron cot until
his knuckles showed white in his
deeply tanned hands.
"Tell her I'm not seeing anyone,
Joe," he said gruffly after a long
pause.
Joe gazed at him In open
' mouthed stupefaction. "Hell's
bells!" Why not? She's some look
er, and she sure seems anxious
about you. You'd better see what
she has to say."
"I'm not going to see her, do you
hear me?" Ted turned so fiercely
on him that Joe jumped.
"All right, all right," he soothed.
"Have it your own way."
He went out and locked the
door, leaving Ted to the tumultu
ous thoughts and emotions that
coursed through him.
Kay's unexpected appearance on
the scene proved how little he had
succeeded in putting her out of his
mind, in spite of his determination
to do so. He longed with all his be
ing to see her, but the galling
thought that she was the one who
was responsible for his being there
at all, steeled him against her.
Nothing she could say could atone
for that damaging fact, and it
would be folly to let himself be
stirred up at this time by seeing
her again.
If ever he needed all his self
control and wits, he needed them
now, when he was fighting for his
life. There was no place for Kay
Crandon in the picture todayl
He forced his mind away from
Kay, and concentrated on his
s'ory, going over it from every
angle to be sure it was straight and
unshakable.
But Ills Eyes Seek Kay
LOST in deep thought, he failed
to hear Joe's footsteps again
in the corridor, and only looked up
at the sound of his name, to see Joe
sticking a folded piece of paper
through the door.
"She said to give you that," he
said. "Seems kind of upset at not
seein' you. Hadn't you better
change your mind?"
"No!" Ted thundered, looking up
at him without moving. "And I
don't want any notes, either. Take
it back to her."
'Sav, I kind of hate to do that
She'll feel bad!" Joe looked doubt
fully at the letter in his hand.
"What's got into you to be so
ornery?"
"Clear out!" Ted snapped. "And
don't come back until its time for
me to go to the trial !"
With a perplexed shake of the
head, Joe complied without fur
ther comment, and Ted was left
again to the solitude he demanded.
It was an hour later before Jo
reappeared, and this time Ted ac
companied him to the big room in
front that was dignified by the
name of court room.
The sheriff and one of his depu
ties were seated at one end of the
long wooden table that stood on a
raised platform at the back of it
Joe motioned Ted to his place at
the other end, and then joined
Sam Cutter. At another table,
alongside, sat the 12 men who were
to decide Ted's fate.
There was a small space left be
fore the rows of seats began. Ted
could see at a glance that the room
was even more crowded than it
had been on the day before, every
seat was taken, and standing room
was filled to capacity.
In the sea of faces before him,
Ted's glance caught Josh Hastings
and Tom Runyon, but he passed
them by without change of expres
sion, hfs eyes seeking Kay in spite
of his resolution to ignore her completely.
There were comparatively few
women in the room and he singled
her out almost Immediately. His
heart gave a great throb as he
caught her eye.
bhe was looking at him with
Earted lips, her head held proudly,
ut a hurt and bewildered expres
sion in her eyes. She gave a hesi
tating half smile, but Ted allowed
his eyes to drift past her, without a
flicker of recognition.
Out of the corner of his eye he
was conscious of the sudden rush
of crimson that dyed her cheeks,
then his attention was summarily
drawn to Sam Cutter, who pound
ed on the table, calling loudly for
order. The buzz of talk subsided,
and in an Important voice he out
lined the events of the nrecedine
day.
red listened attentively, even
Kay forgotten, as the vital moment
approached when he must make
his plea.
The sheriff finished at last, and
turned to him.
We 11 hear the prisoner s story
now, he announced in a pompous
manner.
Kay Calls A Halt
TED stood up, and in a firm voice
recited his story, which he had
rehearsed so many times to him
self. He found his eyes uncon
sciously straying to Kay's face.
Ana wnen he came to tell how
Scrap Johnson had stolen up on
him as he had been taking a drink.
and shot him down by the water's
edge, he saw her blanch, and, with
her hand at her throat, as though
suddenly short of breath, glance
over at Josh Hastings.
Going on with his narrative, Ted
told how he had dragged himsell
along the stream's bank until he
had come to the clearing, and Ma
rion had taken him in, and saved
his life.
There was a dead silence as he
slopped. Then, Sam Cutter cleared
nis mroat. ana rose to his feet
"How about that fight you had
with Scrap Johnson at Kelly's?
do you aamit you threatened to
kill him that time?"
Ted hesitated a moment. He saw
clearly enough the traD that the
sheriff was trying to lead him
into, but he decided to stick to the
absolute truth.
"I believe I did, he answered.
"But that doesn't prove I did it."
"Who was the eirl vou were
fighting about?"
A dull red crept ud behind Ted s
ears, as the sheriff brought out this
unexpected question.
"I refuse to answer." Ted re
turned Sam Cutter's look with set
tled defiance. "That has no bearine
on the case."
"Im the ludefj of that!" Sam
Cutter snapped angrily. "One of
the witnesses yesterday said ScraD
Johmon had referred to her as 'a
red headed filly." Is that so?"
"I refuse to answer," Ted reiter
ated stubbornly.
ine jury n do well to make a
note of that," the sheriff sneered.
"Only I reckon they won't need it
All they've got to do is to take the
facts into account They've got the
gun, and the bullet that came from
it. They've got the prisoner's ad
mission that he threatened to kill
the murdered man. It am t even
worth my while to cross-examine
his cock-and-bull storv." he ended
scornfully.
Turning Impressively to the
jury, he began, "I charge you to "
wait a minute!
A ripple of excitement ran over
the room, as every eye turned to
Kay. Her cheeks crimson, but her
head held proudly high, Kay stood
facing Sam Cutter, her yellow
brown eves black with the intensi
ty of her emotion.
"I object to this trial going any
further! It's illegal!"
tnm tutter banged on the table
to stop the buzz of comment that
greeted this surprising interrup
tion. "I don't understand you, Ml
Crandon," he aid severely. "You'll
either have to keep still or get
out."
"But I protest this trial!" Kay'i
voice g-.-cw steadier as she wen!
on. "Ted Gaynor cannot be tried
in Idaho. Scrap Johnson was mur
dered in the state of Montana!"
(Copyright, IMT, SttirU d XtrrauoV
Tomorrow. Josh Hastings kidnaps
Ky and imprisons her.
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Han King Gardens of Babylon
Strange as It seems, the Hanging
Gardens of Babylon did not bang.
They grew In terraces, but due to
a twisted translation of the Latin
"pensllls," meaning balcony, the
second wonder of the world has Its
English misnomer.
As nearly as can be determined,
the hanging gardens consisted of
balconies or terraces, one ebove the
other, rising like a giant stairway to
a height of 350 feet. Each "step"
had a cavity In which plants, flower
ing shrubs and even fruit-benrlng
trees were raised. Underneath each
"step" were luxurious apartments,
protected from irrigation water for
the gardens by thick sheets of lead.
The gardens were Irrigated with hy
draulic pumps which raised water
to a reservoir on the top terrace.
For some centuries the history
and details of the hanging gardens
were veiled In legend and doubt, but
recent excavations have done much
to bring facts regarding them to
light.
Historically accepted as the motive
behind the construction of the hang
ing gardens Is a young girl's home
sickness. The girl was Amytls, a
Persian, who married Nebuchadnez
zar and came to live with him In his
Babylonian empire. Wearied by the
level plains of her adopted country,
she longed for the hilly country of
her native land. Her adoring husband
thereupon had the gardens built to
soothe her.
A remarkable feature In the con
struction of the hanging gardens was
the extensive use of stone. But little
stone was available In the region
and the hanging gardens are believed
to have been the only Babylonian
structure In which hewn stone was
used to tiny large extent.
Non-Humming Humming Bird
Unlike the almost musical sound
made by other species of humming
birds, Rlvoll's humming bird makes
a noise more on the order of the
buzz of a. large bumble bee or beetle.
Humming birds make their noise
with their wings. Vocally, they are
almost mute, being capable of ut
tering little more than a squeak.
Tomorrow: Where Were Human
Belnfts Once Used as Money?
Plane Crash Kills
Colonel, Sergeant
WASHINGTON. Aug. 18. OP The
war department said today that Col.
William C. McChord and Staff Sgt.
Michael J. O'Connell of the air corps
were killed today In an airplane crash
near Goochland, Cal.
McChord waa officer in charge of
operations In the office of the chief
II
WASHINGTON. Aug. 10 (APt
Chairman MrKVUar (D.Tenn.) of the
senate poMoflloe committee, won the
first round )te Wednesdny in his
fight aftnltutt enactment of the Mr
Cnrran nlr transport bill.
Proponent of the legislation vir
tually abandoned hope of Us pasiuige
at thU session when thry gave con
sent to t oelng sldotrscked In favor
of the administration's tax loophole
bill.
The wnata had been debating a
motion to make the air bill Its un
finished buslnM. McKrllar. poaKlng
against the motion. reftiM-d to vlfld
tha Hoot until it via withdrawn
Majority Leader Barkley fD.-Ky
refused to airr to pre-lnjtatement of
the motion Immediately after dis
posal of the loophole bill.
Toppling Automobile
Pins Driver In Ditch
GRANTS PAPS. Aug. 10. tAPl W
S. Gllmore wss luckily rescued when
hi automobile pinned him under
water In an Irrigation ditch, accord
ing to report tody from Murphy,
nouth of here.
Gil more stopped his car beside the
dltcb to fill the radiator. It started
moving forward and toppted over in
the ditch, pinning Mm under as ne
tried to set the emergency brake.
Two men at a distance saw the car
tip over and raised tt, unaware that
Gllmore was under It.
WINDOW (lLASS- -tte sell Aindow
nfl ui spites vmi oruketi
Aiiid.. reaftonablj- lruwbriu Cab
inet wuru
of the army air corps. O'Connell
was stationed at Boiling field.
They were en route In a two-place
attack plane, the department said,
from Boiling flld to Atlanta "on a
routine cross-country flight."
Sen. McCarran HI.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 19. (AP
Senator Pat McCarran of Nevada rest
ed In naval hospital today after what
his office described as a nervous and
physical breakdown. Dr. George W.
Calver, capltol physician, said he pre
scribed a rest for the senator.
KLAMATH FALLS, Aug. 19. (AP)
Klamath county's small seed In
dustry, which has developed rapidly
during the past few years, will bring
a return of about (200.000 this seas
on, according to County Agent C. A.
Henderson. About 60 percent of the
revenue will be from Alsike clover.
WIlUAfJS
WHEhJ LEFTY GIlllfeAN'S MofriER INSISTED Otf
wa6hih6 his uniform and when lefty refused
t-latly 0 pitch unless he c001t) wear if, 1he
Team spent an annous morning waiTiN6 to see
if it would dry m Time Fr The afternoon same
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TAILSPIN TOMMY The Mystery Grows!
By HAL FORREST
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